/j/ - 日本文化

i'm not a chihayaP, but i really love her voice. 3.9M views in one day is insane

I don't know much about IM@S but I like this song

Produced by Iyowa.

Is anyone else going to ACEN for the IM@S concert? I'm going and I'm super excited, it feels like Namco has been more involved with overseas fans lately.

IM@S is one of those series I've heard about for decades at this point and that I've always had a bit of interest in but could never understand where to start or how to get into it exactly. Figured I'd ask in this thread since the people here are nice and don't make fun of newfags like me unless they're being purposefully annoying.

>>478 (Me)
Forgot to mention but I already listen to some of the music. The last thing I heard was >>381 because someone showed it to me and I love Iyowa.

>>476
I've gone to Acen the past few years so yeah, definitely wouldn't miss this either.

I will say, knowing the organizers and how this came to be, it's probably wishful to think this represents anything other than a con staff that wanted to make it happen. Back during AWM in 2017 and 2018 when CG was brought over, a lot of what we were saying about overseas fans finally getting attention didn't realize anything. Same with the Shiny Festa mobile releases in 2013. Bamco has a long history of throwing a bone to the US (specifically the US) every few years. Other than some exceptions like ML in Thailand, the brand doesn't really have much inertia outside of Japan.

>>478
The 2011 anime was the entry point for a lot of current fans and it still holds up overall. Beyond that, since we're on this site I think I would say go in the directions that Vocaloid interests you because they were tightly coupled in their early history. There are equal concerts (even in the Vtuber vein now), fan creations, and music. If you like Slay the Spire or Uma, you'd probably have some fun the Gakumas game. The 9th anniversary in 2014 and MOIW 2014 and 2015 are well thought of for concerts. For music, probably listen to Gakumas if you like EDM (lots of Vocaloid producer influence here) or download the BEST OF 765 albums if you want a primer.

>>478
You joined at the right time lol

>>478
It's quite simple anon, just look at the designs of any of the girls (or guys for SideM) and choose which one that interests you the most. And I mean this completely seriously too. Learn about that character and listen to their songs, commus (basically side stories where you learn more about the character), watch the main story, etc. I recommend Gakumas or Shinymas because they have a pretty dedicated ENG fan translation team for the game and content. Gakumas has a smaller cast so it'll be less overwhelming. Both also have a PC version too. https://github.com/snowyivu/ShinyColors for the Shinymas ENG patch and https://gakumas.natsume.io/ for Gakumas.

>>484
I like cat Miku

This one?